Fringe History is an episodic research heavy History & travel podcast! A comprehensive look into Americas strange history that could be in your backyard! Cryptids, paranormal hotspots & abaondoned forts I’ll be sharing weird tales that you can visit the sites of all across America in 3 sections. Their Fantastical stories, the hard facts & cultural significance, and lastly the Travel Tips! Don’t get lost on a dirt road looking for skinwalker ranch, I can help guide you & let ya know if you’re on the right path. Learn about the fringe history in your backyard & how to get there today!
Case 25 SoCal's Rainmaker Wizard, Charles Hatfield!
Welcome to the culture of Pluviculture! Or as folks in America during the late 1800s called Rainmaking! A fringe science where savvy folk would travel to small towns throughout the Midwest & across the sw to draught ridden towns to promise them rain! In Nebraska a whole “rain god association” had formed teaching folk how to make rain grow in the sky! There were countless methods to do this from explosions to noxious fumes & chemicals. & today I bring you one of the most famous rainmakers who saved… or cursed the city of San Diego. Cuz in 1914 San Diego was plagued for years by draughts & LA taking their water. So the locals demanded the city council hire their local famous rainmaker, Charles Hatfield. & while the city accepted his offer to fill their dam, the city attorney, Cosgrove, made sure the city would never pay out even if rain came. & rain definitely came, but then it never stopped! & after a major storm smashed into San Diego, the rainmaker expected to be paid. Rumors say he told the city council they gotta pay now or the will witness REAL RAIN! & this was only days before the famous Hatfield Flood. So I’ll talk about this sensational story & Charles Hatfields whole life to figure out if he was just an excellent grifter, or a mad scientist bent on helping his nation! I’ll also talk other big names in Pluviculture & modern rainmakers! From Californias dowsing rod wielding Water Witches to a Florida company that claims it can make rain on demand! Plus some insight on real life weather modification & CLOUDSEEDING to see if the rainmakers where actually onto something! Lastly I’ll take you to these exact locations & many more around San Diego including abandoned gold mines, worlds largest objects & a church teaching 4th dimensional travel! I’ve got it here for you on the Season 1 Finale of Fringe History! The Podcast will be on hiatus for the rest of the summer after bringing you dozens of folklore legends over 1 year now. I’ll be returning in the fall with many more legends, but in the mean time I’ll be streaming folklore & metazoo cards on twitch! @FringeHistorygames. Checkout my other my project, a mature post-apocalyptic audiodrama called Grease Valley Radio for more cryptid adventures! & if ya need to reach me I’ll always be on the Instagram @fringehistorypod ! Thank you for all the great times & I hope to be back to ya soon with many more Cryptids & Americana legends! Fringe History is Created, Produced & hosted by Basti B.
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For podcast updates + Daily Cryptid drops & case photos follow the Instagram @FringeHistorypod
To reach out with Cryptid sightings, supernatural encounters or anything else email me at FringeHistorypod@gmail.com
19 Jun 2024
SW Cactus Cats! Tale from the Fringes 9
South West Explorer be warned to not try any of the fermented cactus juices you may find leaking out there. Cuz you may have just come along the path of a Cryptid with razor sharp bone claws & a real territorial attitude. So let’s jump into fearsome creatures of the lumberwoods again from da guy William T Cox as we learn about this desert legend who’s been spotted all over Arizona back in the 1910.
But these big cats made of plant are on a path to get wasted! The drunk cats love to dance and sing shrieking songs while rasping its bone claws together to make a sorta music! So listen out for its songs & let’s see what the legend of the cactus cat brings, with modern appearances in the secret saturdays Cartoon Network show & pokemon!
Let’s start the summer with a South West legend, what does this folklore represent & what animals really do claw out catci & drink their juices? Plus I do some spec bio on the creature & speculate on variants that could populate our world & could see on desert hikes! Join the Cactus cat on this weeks Fringe History! Fringe History is Created, Produced & hosted by Basti B.
Cover Art by SCUMMY.Loves.You on Insta!
For podcast updates + Daily Cryptid drops & case photos follow the Instagram @FringeHistorypod
To reach out with Cryptid sightings, supernatural encounters or anything else email me at FringeHistorypod@gmail.com
12 Jun 2024
Case 24 NJ's Mantis Man 0f the Musconetcong!
Welcome to the forgotten river county of NJ, where the trees overhang creates dark tunnels along the Musconetcong river. In these haunting waters multiple fisherman have reported a creature with incredible powers. A 7ft scaled mantis creature with the ability to cloak itself, massive wings & a hypnotic buzz that can daze those it encounters. But no attacks have been reported, the opposite actually as some have said the can sorta “talk” via a kinda telepathy!
So are these creatures friends or for? Maybe just observers, from space perhaps? Others say they could be mutant bug / man hybrids made in the NJ hills or even say a large Cryptid bug we haven’t discovered! Well I’ve got the lowdown on the eyewitness accounts & what the lead researcher on this phenomena has got to say! Fringe History is Created, Produced & hosted by Basti B.
Cover Art by SCUMMY.Loves.You on Insta!
For podcast updates + Daily Cryptid drops & case photos follow the Instagram @FringeHistorypod
To reach out with Cryptid sightings, supernatural encounters or anything else email me at FringeHistorypod@gmail.com
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